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Fire producing implements: saw, hearth and tinder
Fire producing implements: saw, hearth and tinder
Object Number 04-7-70/63592
Display Title Fire producing implements: saw, hearth and tinder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire starter, drilled and cut bamboo, two pieces tied with fiber, fiber inside
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Negrito
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines
Materials Bamboo, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 43.3 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm (17 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-7-70/63592

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